Tone Indicators

Tone indicators can help you make your tone clear, especially when you're saying something ambiguous. In figure 1, there is an example of someone using the tone indicator for sarcasm, "/s".

Figure 1 - an user indicating through sacarms that they do like ice cream.

We prepared a list of the most important and useful tone indicators:

Tone Indicator

Meaning

/j

joking

/hj

half-joking

/nm

Nevermind

/lh

lighthearted

/s

sarcastic

/gen or /g

genuine

/srs

serious

/nsrs

non-serious

/c

copypasta

/rh or /rt

rhetorical question

/t

teasing

/ij

inside joke

/m

metaphorically

/li

literally

/hyp

hyperbole

/f

fake

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